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Day: November 27, 2025

A Hundred Tiny Problems: Swarms of Rats

November 27, 2025November 26, 2025 / Chris Gladis / Leave a comment

The scary thing about a Swarm of Rats isn’t that it’s rats — it’s the sound. The skittering builds like rain on stone, but with intent, until you realize the “monster” isn’t a single creature at all. In this Encounter Every Enemy entry, we turn the Swarm of Rats into a moving weather pattern of teeth, pressure, and bad decisions.

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